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Researchers believe that 2020 is the year that man-made mass – roads, buildings, machines, and everything else we make – will outnumber the natural world (also known as biomass). As the mass of the planet is finite, this means that biomass is also shrinking, due to the prevalence of deforestation and development. This tipping point “is a reason for all of us to reflect on our role, how much we consume and how we can try to achieve a better balance between the living world and humanity,” says Dr. Ron Milo, the study’s principal investigator. BBC. And while this change has seemed inevitable since the 1950s, when new technologies helped humans significantly increase their production capacities, 2020 may officially usher in the Anthropocene, a threshold that marks humanity’s impact on our planet. in sediment and rock to be seen some. millions of years from now. Read more on the BBC.
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